July+16

Perfect Day in Writing Project Recipe Take: 8 students-Emily, Alexa, Wendy, Renee, Linda, Terri, Mary, Lisa 2 facilitators-Jeff, Steve 1 guest-Kris Use in equal parts and blend to produce: Alexa read Friday's Logger notes. Jeff introduced our guest, Kris. Chairs are being cleaned, so we have plastic ones. Anthology committee: Lisa presented a chart, so it can keep track of submissions ( a minimun of 2). Activities committee: Wendy reported that we will meet on Wednesday at Riverside Perk at 9 am, then go to Wichita Art Museum at 10 am for the Writing Marathon. Steve gave us a rubric developed from rubystar for the Annotated Bibliography. We had a discussion about with 5 scores as opposed to 4. Steve reported that in a 5 scoring rubric, the score of 4 and 2 are nondefined and thus more difficult to score. Also, if the rubric needs to be changed into a grade, then a 4 score rubic is easier to manage.

After mixing all these ingredients then add the spice: Jeff reading "If You Were Kermit", in his Kermit voice. A little green never hurts any recipe. Mary's web based writing prompt of an adventure in photos focused on a shepherd photo and added a wide variety of spice: a want ad, quality of life pieces, fictional pieces, point of view, and a metaphorical piece. Wendy's teacher demo added an illegal word list and imagery to our cake with interesting poetry from real objects.

Set cake batter aside for over the lunch hour.

During lunch Merle's added a dash of collegiality in a comfortable spot.

When returning, fold in a summary article presented by Linda about hypertext or "cues for reading that extend beyond the letters and words on a page." The article presents a case for including hypertextual elements to writing programs because they reflect a contemporary reality of our students. We need to teach writing forms and basics, but allow the students to have their voice by using hypertext. Examples of contemporary children's literature using hypertext were in evidence.

Pour into a large cake pan, and marble in class blogmeister registration presented by Jeff.

Cook until 4:00.

Cool, cut and serve.

Linda Jackson, Logger